Thomas Scarll

A Skipper with H.M. Drifter Eyrie. Thomas died on 2nd of September 1914 at the age of 48. 

Thomas was born at Lowestoft in 1865. No details of his parents have been found. In 1871 he was a pauper inmate at the Oulton 'House of Industry'. By 1880 Thomas was working at sea and in 1880-1881 he served on the sailing trawler Strive. 

On 29 October 1889 Thomas married Elizabeth Hale at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft. Thomas was a fisherman and they both lived at 70 London Road. By 1900 they were living at 35 Wollaston Road, and by 1914 at 62 Norwich Road, Lowestoft. 

Thomas was awarded his certificate of competency as a Skipper in 1891. 

Thomas joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 10 August 1914 as a Warrant Skipper. He died when H. M. Drifter Eyrie struck a mine in the North Sea. 

The Irish Times of Thursday 3 September 1914, page 6, has:

BLOWN UP BY MINES

News reached Lowestoft yesterday that the steam drifter Eyrie has been blown up by a sunken mine in the North Sea. Of the crew of eleven six were drowned. The disaster happened early yesterday, the vessel sinking in three minutes. The drowned included Thomas Scarll, William Slater, and Robert Burch, all belonging to Lowestoft. The Eyrie recently saved the crew of a Danish steamer sunk by a mine in the vicinity.